quality firearms training for professionals and civilians

Providing Law Enforcement and Security Agencies the tools and techniques to optimally perform and prevail in high-risk, kinetic environments through authentic and dynamic training since 1993.

​We are committed to offering the best in law enforcement training available. Our instructors consist of active and former police officers who are highly trained and well-respected professionals in the field.

Patrol Courses

Tactical Courses

instructor Courses

civilian Courses

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Award

winning

trainers

2018-2019 SOTA Trainer of the year

Sgt. Matt Beckman

St. Paul Police Department Top Gun Of the Year

Commander Brad Hazelett

UPCOMING COURSES

Upcoming Events

June 2020

This is a specifically designed course for Armed Security Personnel, Armed Church Security, and Civilian VIP Personnel that starts with an operational assessment of the skills and abilities of the participants stressing their knowledge and operation of the weapons system in fundamental pistol craft. The course progresses into increasingly challenging scenarios and courses of fire with drills taken from real world events and designed to stress the participant in controlled drills and responses. The final phase of the training day…

MISSION CRITICAL CONCEPTS is offering a combined handgun and patrol rifle new instructor certification for all new firearms instructors. The courses are for agencies that need to add new instructional staff and/or looking to provide updated training to current training staff. All new instructors must attend the first day of classroom training. Course participants will be trained in lesson plan research, course development, presentation, legal liabilities, POST requirements, record keeping, range safety, and adult learning methodology. Additional days will be…

MISSION CRITICAL CONCEPTS is offering a combined handgun and patrol rifle instructor update course for currently certified firearms instructional staff. These courses are designed to update and refresh current instructional staff on new and continuing training concepts and methodology. The courses can be taken separately or combined for update and recertification purposes. Full Handgun/Rifle Update: June 16-19, 2020 POST Credits - 40 Hours (Ammunition requirements: 700 handgun and 500 rifle rounds) Handgun Only Update: June 16-17, 2020 …

July 2020

This is a contract course for Bills Gun shop attendees. This civilian one day immersion course is designed for the new, struggling or frustrated marksman that wishes to take the rifle and themselves to that next level of marksmanship. The course will move quickly beginning with firearms safety and rapidly transition into equipment composition and set up, basic weapons operations and marksmanship skills, basic ballistics, scope set up and data mapping, wind reading, range estimation, stationary and moving targets and…

The definition of an advanced shooter is performing the basics flawlessly in a high stress, kinetic environment. This course is designed for the Civilian pistol and rifle shooter to push the envelope of their operational capabilities of their handgun and carbine rifle platforms. This 16 hour course (8 Handgun / 8 Patrol Rifle) moves the participant towards updating and mastering the foundational skills necessary for effective weapons handling, placing the student into a “challenging” position of performing asymmetric movement exercises…